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Fair enough. Maybe better phrased...I didn't get much vanilla. Maybe I'm spoiled but it lacked the depth I was expecting from such a highly rated beer. Will I happily buy more, yes. Will I expect more when I try it on draft, yes. It's much like Alaskan Smoked Porter..solid in every way..not spectacular in any.

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Fair enough. Maybe better phrased...I didn't get much vanilla. Maybe I'm spoiled but it lacked the depth I was expecting from such a highly rated beer. Will I happily buy more, yes. Will I expect more when I try it on draft, yes. It's much like Alaskan Smoked Porter..solid in every way..not spectacular in any.

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My experience with vanilla and coffee is the vanilla always has a hard time shining through initially. Coffee tends to fade faster than vanilla, sit on a bottle and try it again in 6mo to a year. I've only had this beer once, with about a year and a half on it, it had some really nice notes but nothing exceptional.

My experience with vanilla and coffee is the vanilla always has a hard time shining through initially. Coffee tends to fade faster than vanilla, sit on a bottle and try it again in 6mo to a year. I've only had this beer once, with about a year and a half on it, it had some really nice notes but nothing exceptional.

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Also to add....if the coffe is too much consider aging the beer in a cooler place than where you'd normally age it...my more recent experiences with both homebrew and popular coffee beers is that colder aging, like in the fridge, fades coffee flavors quicker....unfortunately the vanilla might fade some as well...

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Bad beer night. Finally got the courage to open Gotlandstricka and the heavy Juniper just isn't my style at all. So I decided to pop a Small Batch #4...and behold my first sour one. It's like a Smoked Funk Metal...and compared to the Gotland it's strangely drinkable.